{"product_id":"cold-quiet-country-clayton-lindemuth-9781849821667","title":"Cold Quiet Country","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn his last day in power, with a blizzard threatening eighteen inches of snow, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSheriff Bittersmith is called to the scene of a crime. A farmer has been stabbed \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eclean through the neck with a pitchfork. Two sets of tracks lead from the barn, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand the dead man's frantic wife exclaims that her daughter is missing. Convinced \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eit was Gale G'Wain, the orphan who worked at the farm, Bittersmith follows the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003evanishing footprints into the storm. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiles away, holed up in an empty farmhouse, Gale is alone and close to death \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eafter falling through lake ice. Innocent but unlikely to ever stand trial in this \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecorrupt town, he loads his gun and prepares to defend himself against the dead \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eman's sons and the sheriff's department.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in rural Wyoming in the 1970s and unfolding in a single day, Clayton \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLindemuth's debut novel, COLD QUIET COUNTRY, explores small-town corruption \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand the lengths some people will go to exact revenge. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a deft hand and sinister eye, Clayton Lindemuth reminds us that the green, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eidyllic landscape of Middle America can suddenly become an ominous backdrop \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor violence and treachery. Suspenseful, intelligent, and bold, COLD QUIET \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCOUNTRY brings a new edge to the world of modern noir and readers will no \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elonger be able to look upon rolling hills, pastoral fields, and picturesque barns \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewithout a sense of foreboding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Lindemuth's impressive debut...is a go-for-the-jugular country noir....Lindemuth \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecarefully weaves characters' backstories into this thrilling narrative, and his visceral \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eprose and unsparing tone are wonderfully reminiscent of such modern rural noir \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emasters as Tom Franklin and Donald Ray Pollock.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePUBLISHERS WEEKLY Starred Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Clayton Lindemuth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1849821666\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781849821667\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e M P Publishing Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/13\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/03\/2012 pg. 42\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/29\/2012","brand":"Clayton Lindemuth","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049486741759,"sku":"9781849821667","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a09e6a6d-6d66-4594-b1ba-c2e5454fe157.jpg?v=1685001777","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cold-quiet-country-clayton-lindemuth-9781849821667","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}